Books - "history"
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Erotic Themes of Nepal
Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, illus eps, viii + 220pp, illus, VG (light to moderate creasing/bruising to spine & covers with minor soiling also, light tanning & foxing to page edges, lengthy gift inscription in ink to verso of title page)
PUBLISHER: S Devi 1986
KEYWORDS: history historical art artefacts Nepal erotica sex sexuality anthropology
Stalingrad: The Defeat of the German 6th Army
FIRST EDITION THUS, imperial octavo, maroon heavy boards, black lettering to spine, black illus to front board, marbled eps, 348pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to board extrems, light soiling to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's raised retail barcodes to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light tanning & chafing/soiling)
PUBLISHER: Schiffer Publishing 1993
KEYWORDS: first editions THUS military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Stalingrad German troops 6th sixth famous battles
Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs: A Practical Guide
Imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, white & blue lettering to spine, 256pp, illus, Near FINE (sl chafing to boards) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light chafing, prev. bookseller's label to rear)
PUBLISHER: Abrams 2004
KEYWORDS: ancient history Egypt Egyptian hieroglyphs languages language guide
Potter's Historial Introduction to English Law and its Institutions
Super 8vo, pp. xxxii + 675; blue cl bds, spine lettered in gilt, emblem in gilt to front board; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in blue ink to ffep; moderate underlining in pencil; light cracking to hinges, spine sl sloppy).
PUBLISHER: Sweet & Maxwell 1962
KEYWORDS: England English law lawyer history historical
Legends of the South Sea: The world of the Polynesians seen through their myths and legends, poetry and art
Association copy, first edition. Signed & inscribed by author to Helen Shaw (Hella) and Frank Hofmann. 8vo, pp. xvi + 416; green cl bds, spine lettered in gilt, spine & front board illus. in gilt; illus. eps, frontis., plates, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; moderate closed tear to front; moderate tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1970
KEYWORDS: Polynesian anthropology social history mythology myth legend poetry art Pacific Ocean first edition
A History of Japan to 1334, 1334-1615, 1615-1867 (3 vols)
Three vol set. Sm 8vo, pp. xii + 500, xxii + 442, xiv + 258; illus. light card covers; frontis., plates, illus,.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate fading to spine; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals; sl cracking to front gutter (vol 1)).
PUBLISHER: Charles E. Tuttle Company 1984
KEYWORDS: George Sansom Japan Japanese history social political economic
To the Ends of the Earth: Visions of a Changing World: 175 Years of Exploration and Photography
Obl 4to, pp. 240; blue heavy card bds, spine lettered in silver gilt; illus. eps & tp, frontis., photos; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; moderate to heavy tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping).
PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 2005
KEYWORDS: environment pictorial world Earth photograph photography photographers history
The Triumph Trophy Bible: Including unit-construction Trophy-based TIGER models
Super 8vo, pp. 142 + [1 (advt)]; blue heavy card bds, spine lettered in silver gilt; photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light foxing & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Veloce Publishing 2010
KEYWORDS: motorcycle motobike Triump history 20th century photograph
Nelson Motor Cycle Club: The First Fifty Years
Signed & inscribed by author. Imp. 8vo, pp. x + 251; illus. light card covers; photos; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to prelims & terminals).
PUBLISHER: J. M. Baumfield 2010
KEYWORDS: Nelson New Zealand history motor cycle motorcycle motorbike bike
Manuale Tipografico
4to, pp. [16] + xxviii + lxxv + 272 + 279, 64 (pamphlet to rear); red cl bds, spine lettered in white, front board lettered in black & white, rear board lettered in blind; frontis., type specimens; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals).
PUBLISHER: Taschen 2010
KEYWORDS: Giambattisata Bodoni type typography letterpress printing history bibliography print publishing letter cutting cutter design book arts
Pathway of the Birds: The voyaging achievements of Maori and their Polynesian ancestors
Super 8vo, pp. 288; illus. light card covers; photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; sl soiling to prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Bateman 2020
KEYWORDS: Pacific Ocean Isalnds Maori Polynesian exploration explorers history voyage expedition journey
The Book of Hemyock: Heart of the Blackdowns
4to, pp. 184; red heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; illus. tp, photos, illus.; VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping; light tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Halsgrove 2012
KEYWORDS: Hemyock social history River Culm town village
Classic British Trials Bikes: Pre-1965 four-stroke trials irons: AJS through Velocette
First edition. 8vo, pp. 192; blue heavy card bds, spine lettered in silver gilt; photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev bookseller's stamp in black ink to rear pastedown); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; moderate tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Osprey Publishing 1984
KEYWORDS: Don Morley motorcycles motorbike motor cycle bike British 20th century history first edition
Twelve Months with the Bashi-Bazouks
Second edition. Demy 8vo, pp. viii + 231; blue cl bds, spine lettered in gilt, motif in black to front board; VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate to heavy bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate to heavy tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals;prev bookseller's stamp in purple ink to ffep verso; moderate to heavy cracking to front & rear hinges; heavy cracking to central gutters; moderate to heavy foxing throughout).
PUBLISHER: Newman and Co. 1880
KEYWORDS: Edward Money Bashi Bazouks 19th century Turkey Turkish Ottoman army military travel travelling journey history
Te Mete (Smith): The Story of the Smith Family in Zealand (1841-1907)
UNCOMMON, octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, viii + 214pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, sl tanning to spine/covers & page edges, signature & prev.owner's name in ink to tite page)
PUBLISHER: Glenise Rolfe N/D
KEYWORDS: New Zealand family tree research history genealogy Smith Te Mete 19th nineteenth century
Korero A E W S Background Bulletin (Vol 3 #1 to Vol 3 #14)
14 CONSECUTIVE ISSUES (VOL 3 #1 - VOL 3 #14), octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, mixed pagination, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, minor fading & soiling.chafing to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional light cracking to gutters, binder's sm label to base of rear pastedown)
PUBLISHER: E V Paul, Gov't Printer 1945
KEYWORDS: Korero past issues collections bulletins New Zealand publications history historical
The Endeavour Journal of Joseph Banks 1768-1771 (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, frontispieces, vol 1- xxvii + 476pp + plates to rear, vol 2- xvi + 406pp + folding map & plates to rear, VG+ (light bruising & discolouration to board edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (price clipped, in plastic protective covers- easily removed if desired, light fading to spines, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Angus & Robertson 1962
KEYWORDS: exploration first editions history historical journeys Endeavour journals diaries Joseph Banks 18th eighteenth century Pacific voyages
Such Things Were: The Story of Cambridge, NZ
FIRST EDITION, octavo, greey patterned heavy boards, red lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 175pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, sl tanning to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, sm ink scribble to ffep, sporadic light to moderate foxing throughout, occasional cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges- some minor loss, moderate tanning to spine, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1939
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand north island Cambridge settlements early settlers pioneers regional history
D N Dunlop: A Man of Our Time
Octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 463pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl foxing/soiling to page edges, sl tanning to photographic pages) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, minor fading to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear)
PUBLISHER: Temple Lodge 1992
KEYWORDS: English translations biography biographies memoir D N Dunlop world power conference esoteric occultism occultists anthroposophy history
The Whaling Trade in Old New Zealand
FIRST EDITION- SCARCE THUS, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, printed eps, unpaginated prelims + 163pp, illus, VG+ (light brusing to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name & scribble in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Minerva 1965
KEYWORDS: first editions signed New Zealand history nautical maritime whaling trade L S Rickard